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Michelle Obama visits her high school alma mater Whitney Young before...
Before launching her sold out book tour, former first lady Michelle Obama returned to her former high school, Whitney Young.
Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Teddy Riley talks about his Afro-Panamanian heritage, the huge upcoming...
New Jack Swing's creator, Teddy Riley, spoke to theGrio about his upcoming show, his little known Panamanian roots, and how Harlem shaped the sound of New Jack Swing.
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New Way To Play: Johnny Wright and friends embark on a glamping getaway
Johnny Wright is always looking for a good time, great food and new way to play.
Black Glam: Celebrity makeup artist Valente Frazier on being bold and beautifying Tyra Banks
Sometimes, great artists inspire a new legion of creatives and that's exactly what happened for the subject of the latest installment of Black Glam....
Black Glam: Unique Dandridge dishes on helping women embrace their natural hair
The latest installment of Black Glam features our style correspondent Johnny Wright as he sits down with celebrity stylist and natural hair guru, Unique...
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Opinion
During the latest episode of Jada Pinkett Smith‘s Red Table Talk, which dealt with candid conversations about race, her mother talked about how she felt when her daughter once dated a white man named John.“It’s really difficult for me...
Season 11 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta has already aired two episodes and we have yet to see Shamari DeVoe make her big debut.Fortunately for fans of the hit reality series who are craving some new energy, the...
Living
Black Twitter honors veterans
Sunday marked a celebration of service men and women on Veterans Day, the day those...
KFC is serving chicken and waffles and social media has some thoughts
KFC has finally done it. The brand is going all in on chicken and waffles.
For...
Spike Lee partnering with Roger Guenver Smith for ‘Frederick Douglass Now’ movie
President Donald Trump’s much-derided statement that abolitionist Frederick Douglass “is being recognized more and more” is actually proving...
Good News Report | November 9th: Black Joy Experience
Jonathan Lykes and OnRae LaTeal have teamed up with the Black Youth Project 100 to...
EXCLUSIVE: Celebrity barber Marcus Harvey on LeBron James’ HBO series ‘The Shop’
LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s digital media company, Uninterrupted, partnered with HBO over the summer...
Sports
Serena Williams named GQ’s Woman of the Year but fans blast mag cover for using offensive quotation marks
What should have been a joyous celebration of elite female athleticism and badassery, is instead...
San Francisco 49ers cheerleader kneels during anthem for second time
This season, the NFL player protests of police brutality and racial injustice during the national...
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade missing games and baths as they adjust to newborn daughter
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade shocked the internet last week by announcing on social media that...
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer files discrimination lawsuit against Detroit Pizza Restaurant
Lem Barney, who spent 10 Hall of Fame seasons with the Detroit Lions and is...
Halle Berry responds to L.A. Rams quarterback using her name during a play call
NFL quarterbacks have some creative ways of calling and changing plays at the line of...
Business
OPINION: It’s time for leaders of America’s top tech companies to make diversity a priority and not just a promise
It’s time for the leaders of America’s top tech companies to take the necessary measures to fix their diversity disaster once and for all.
Tech Spotlight: Lisa Gelobter is helping employees and employers navigate the complexities of work place harassment
Lisa Gelobter's teQuitablenuses technology to make companies more equitable addressing issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment.
Jay-Z, Diddy, Nas, and Kendrick Lamar are hip-hop’s biggest earners according to ‘Forbes’
Forbes has released its annual list of hip-hop's biggest earners and we were surprised by...
Beats by Dre joining with the NBA in new business partnership
Beats by Dre and the NBA announced they have teamed up to make the popular...
‘We simply cannot stand by silently’: Denim brand Levi teams up with gun control group
It's a brand that has been associated with the Old West and cowboy shootouts, but...